"If you’re needed in a position and it’s a sacrifice you can give to the team. then I’m a team player and if the gaffer wants me to play and if I can play and I feel like I can do it then why not,” added Deila.

“For us it’s not about competition, it’s about the team. The team is more important than individuals and for us the team goes before any other person.”

Team spirit

Ambrose’s comments demonstrate how much the Celtic players value their manager, and how much team spirit there is in the team.

Deila is a very charismatic figure, and it seems that he has fostered a very strong bond among the players.

The fact that a centre-back is happy to play at left-back and says that he is ready to make sacrifices for the betterment of the team highlights just how much respect the Celtic players have for Deila.

Subhankar Mondal

A football journalist based in Wakefield, Subhankar Mondal has previously worked for Goal.com International and Skysports.com, and has had his sports articles published in The Guardian and The Observer. He has also been on the BBC in the past and his name once found its way to the pages of the World Soccer magazine. He was recently cited in a major Louis van Gaal biography.